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    A siheyuan (Chinese: 四合院; pinyin: sìhéyuàn; IPA: [sɹ̩̂.xɤ̌.ɥɛ̂n]) is a historical type of residence that was commonly found throughout China, most famously...
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    alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong...
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    from that of other cultures and regions. As highlighted by the classic siheyuan style, this included an emphasis on extended family units in a single dwelling...
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    District, Beijing, just north of the Shichahai Lake. It consists of large siheyuan-style mansions and gardens. Originally constructed for Heshen, an official...
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    where Puyi worshipped his ancestral portraits and memorial tablets. The Siheyuan was another structure of the Inner Palace. Dating from the early 20th century...
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    buildings in the northwest, the yurt buildings of nomadic people, and the Siheyuan buildings in the north. Chinese literature has its roots in the Zhou dynasty's...
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    Pottery dwelling around a large courtyard, a siheyuan. Unearthed in 1967 in a tomb of Hubei built during the kingdom of Eastern Wu, National Museum of...
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    popular tourist locations. Siheyuans, the city's traditional housing style, and hutongs, the narrow alleys between siheyuans, are major tourist attractions...
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    when you speak to them. Earth structure Fujian Tulou Hakka walled village Siheyuan Hutong Knapp, Ronald G.. China's old dwellings. Honolulu: University of...
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    Forest University Look up quadrangle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Siheyuan – Historical type of residence in China Nālukettu – Traditional housing...
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  • and integrated architectural style of Baroque façades and Chinese quads (Siheyuan). It is the largest existing area of Baroque buildings in China. In first...
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    Switzerland. Courtyard house Riad: a type of courtyard house found in Morocco Siheyuan, Sanheyuan: a type of courtyard house found in China Slope house: a house...
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    even be made defensible. The traditional Chinese courtyard house, (e.g. siheyuan), is an arrangement of several individual houses around a square. Each...
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    known as the Northern Mansion (北府, Běifǔ), is a large residence in the siheyuan style with lavish private garden located near the Shichahai neighborhood...
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    17 May 2007. "China's No. 1 Liquor, the earliest Maotai liquor in the Siheyuan Art Museum". toutiao.com (in Simplified Chinese). Jinri Toutiao. 17 April...
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    being built according to the principles of vastu shastra.[citation needed] Siheyuan: a style of Chinese courtyard house in Beijing. Riad: traditional courtyard...
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    Cixi, and Hu Yaobang before his death in 1989. The home was a traditional siheyuan, with three courtyards. The front courtyard consisted of an office and...
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    courtyards are a common feature in many projects. This is best exemplified in Siheyuan: It consisted of an empty space surrounded by buildings connected with...
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    private residences did not develop until much later. Nine-Dragon Wall Siheyuan - a traditional residential compound, whose layout normally includes a...
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    and Madagascan Architecture Dutch Colonial, Cape Dutch China Yaodong Siheyuan Tulou Shanxi Hokkien Cantonese Hui Hakka Jiangxi Sichuan Pang uk (Architecture...
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  • polygon Quad (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Quadrangle Siheyuan, a Chinese architectural style also known as "Chinese quadrangle" This...
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    ranges in form from the small one and two-story ancient stone houses in the siheyuan plan, that line the district's many hutongs, the narrow, winding lanes...
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    forward-thrusting side wings, called xiāngfáng (廂房), similar to the wings of a siheyuan. Sanheyuan may be square or rectangular shaped and can be single or multiple-story...
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    apartment housing with shared facilities and good social interaction. The Siheyuan, or quadrangle design of housing in China has a shared courtyard and is...
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    Chinese television series, Qiao's Grand Courtyard, was also shot here. Siheyuan Shanxi courtyard houses "Qiao Zhiyong-Founder of Dadetong Bank". China...
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    rape-manors they had established in the Beijing hutongs (alleys formed by siheyuan residences). This excerpt from the "Miscellaneous Notes about the Boxers"...
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  • World Heritage Tentative List on March 28, 2008, in the Cultural category. Siheyuan and courtyard house House of the Huangcheng Chancellor, in southern Shanxi...
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    (Taipei), which was designed by Su Hsi Tsung and built in the traditional siheyuan style. The chapel of Taiwan Theological College and Seminary includes a...
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    towns, 10 townships and 1 other. Towns Townships Others Siheyuan Tourism Development Office(Siheyuan Tourism Development Office) Huanxian has extensive coal...
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    houses, coffee shops, fast food and souvenir shops, as well as some old siheyuan associated with famous historic and literary figures. Nanluogu Xiang station...
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